The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
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Texas Tom is paying San Francisco visit.
Day by day he Is seen passing up and down
Market street, accompanied by very pretty
woman whom no cnlls Roy, and who seems vory
much interested In Tom. Tho lotter is about
81 years old now, but veteran In experience
OF the shady sort. Just at present he IN atop
the hoap and 10 wearing diamonds. His hap.
tismal name 10 Thomas P. Redmond. but that
doesn't mako any difference--he 10 Texas Tom
to all men. Nobody hereabouts knows, the girl.
beyond the fact that she is brunette from the
head waters has pair Of saucy eyes, and outs
rs pretty figure as need be. The other day
an old Western sport turned up and spun this
interesting yarn: b..
Texas Tom literally won that. girl you Just
saw him with, but without sword or courtship
In plain words, he won her ut poker. after one
Of the longest and q. hottest sessions ever saw
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ToWnscnd shoyered jewelry and rich raimenf
to his Level at first, and the cooiness that sross
between them. soon after the hasty marriage
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rolled away and Int o.
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NAMED ay The o pair ate and drank Setween Se
deals, played standing up. and did everything
gan gan 'i to be sort Of show. and hundreds
Hooked in to watch the players and oalculats
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greece. which Texas Tex, granted. -. 49,. .
trip to his rooms; His wife was asleep: and It
mostly IL ala diamonds. and ssefeeatins in value
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attempt any work. All the next day the play
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wrecked III sysT RsS burn
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A note was hurriedly written to Mrs. Towns
gave eth the me messenger That should b. pleased
claim sRs sos
Ing through the marriage ceremony
and ie
for SWss diSorCs. on HWhieh Flannasaa saia he
time. The announcement, with an engagement
| ring and Texas Toms compliments, was sent
back to Mrs Townsend who returned the fol-
pray you will win hAf IoWNskSD.
with as much Of a smile as loss OF sleep would
permit to circulate on his hageard face, deal
Townsend dealt the cards. and the novel
chip and three more with It. on three dsuces.
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81 the bystanders causing the game to 20 on.
The prospective widower played hard
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him. and his costly chips melted into the hands
Of The prospective bridegrGGm With the turn urn
a and putr told hsavily The sSo BITS 81 ivosS
called for sight for his LIST $50. and showed
Tie remaining monarch failed to leave the
DECK: but third ace came m to I l d ,.,,
NJ hope hope III BE- happier with him than have
been Nth With you" retorted the human stake' a
But The defeated gambler heard her not he,
Texas only waited to introduce his winnins.
hurry up the divorce before he also went to
over the divorce suit was well under way. For-
ty.eieht hours after the final hand wss played
the twain were made one hesh by a Justice OF
A few bottles were cracked with intimate
commenced in q westerly direction.
Townsend went to the station to see them fs on:
at the parting Mrs Redmond paid no heed to
his misery, but rather laid on the lash In
punishment for the indignity put on her.
I'm sec You again, Texas" thrsateningly
remarked tho bankrupt.
was the bridegrooms nonchalant answer. I'd
advise you not to unless you learn how to play
poker or be more OF u man In tho mean time
In Omaha the pair stopped to celebrate"
concluded the sport who told the reporter the
story, and they've been celebrating 80 much
that guess Toms winnings are tolerably
scarce at present. all but the woman; he's got
her yet II the cash has melted"
Redmond was approached by a reporter for
confirmation of the story. and he frankly ad-
mitted the truth Of the main features OF the
story, but would not 90 into details. Nor
would he say whether he was likely to regret
having won or not
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